Balthasar Gérard
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Balthazar Gérard was the assassin of the Dutch revolt's leader, William the Silent of the House of Orange.
The bullet holes are still visible at the Museum Het Prinsenhof in Delft
Reward letter of King Philip II of Spain to the family of Balthazar Gérard, 1590
Gérard shooting William the Silent
William the Silent
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William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch national anthem as William of Nassau, was the leader of the Dutch revolt agains
Balthasar Gérard
…Balthazar Gérard (c. 1557 – 14 July 1584) was the assassin of the Dutch revolt's leader, William the Silent of the House of Orange. He was one of the first recorded people to assassinate a head of state with a firearm…
Portrait by Adriaen Thomasz. Key, c. 1570–1584
Philip II of Spain berating William the Silent by Cornelis Kruseman
The triumphal entry of the Prince of Orange in Brussels. Print from The Wars of Nassau by Frans Hogenberg.
William the Silent by Willem Jacobsz Delff (1623)